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First woman as Governor of Alabama. First woman to die in office as governor Died in office 1 year, 112 days Ella T. Grasso (1919–1981) Connecticut: January 8, 1975: December 31, 1980: Democratic: First woman as Governor of Connecticut: Resigned 5 years, 358 days [12] Dixy Lee Ray (1914–1994) Washington: January 12, 1977: January 14, 1981 ...
South America Governor of Viceroyalty of Peru: 7 June 1668: 12 November 1668: 158 days Nellie Tayloe Ross (First female American governor) United States North America Governor of Wyoming 5 January 1925: 3 January 1927: 1 year, 363 days Miriam A. Wallace Ferguson United States North America Governor of Texas 20 January 1925: 17 January 1927
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva—appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2024 elections, there were 13 female state governors serving.
Nellie Davis Ross (née Tayloe; November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953.
Phyllis Ann George (June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020) was an American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster.In 1975, George was hired as a reporter and co-host of the CBS Sports pre-show The NFL Today, becoming one of the first women to hold an on-air position in national televised sports broadcasting.
A member of the Democratic Party, she is New York's first female governor and the first governor from Upstate New York since Nathan L. Miller in 1922. Born in Buffalo, New York, Hochul graduated from Syracuse University in 1980 and received a Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. in 1984.
Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American academic, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. . Variously described as idiosyncratic and "ridiculously smart," she was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. He